Join us Outside this Fall...
Observe, Learn, Make.
Experience Nature through the Seasons.
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Chickadee Camp Open Enrollment through October
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Fall Chickadee Camp: Weekly Nature Awareness Program for ages 6 - 17.
Fridays 2:00 - 4:30. Enrollment open through October. Location: Talent. $295 - $550 sliding scale* (paid per season, Fall, Winter, Spring)
Join us This Fall to learn from Nature...
Learn ancient skills such as animal tracking, wilderness survival and more. Games, stories, ancestral skills/crafts and exploring will weave together as we learn to blend into the landscape and open our senses. This is an opportunity to unplug, learn to make things with our own hands, and sync to nature’s rhythm. This program is based on holistic mentoring, rather than imparting information, yet information is woven throughout the experiences. We teach a broad curriculum of local species, wilderness skills, and sensory awareness, through experiences that also awaken attributes such as aliveness, curiosity, agility, self-sufficiency, common sense, and helpfulness through connection with the natural world. Knowing all your needs are provided for in nature, you may begin to feel at home in the wilderness.
Fridays 2:00 - 4:30. Enrollment open through October. Location: Talent. $295 - $550 sliding scale* (paid per season, Fall, Winter, Spring)
Join us This Fall to learn from Nature...
Learn ancient skills such as animal tracking, wilderness survival and more. Games, stories, ancestral skills/crafts and exploring will weave together as we learn to blend into the landscape and open our senses. This is an opportunity to unplug, learn to make things with our own hands, and sync to nature’s rhythm. This program is based on holistic mentoring, rather than imparting information, yet information is woven throughout the experiences. We teach a broad curriculum of local species, wilderness skills, and sensory awareness, through experiences that also awaken attributes such as aliveness, curiosity, agility, self-sufficiency, common sense, and helpfulness through connection with the natural world. Knowing all your needs are provided for in nature, you may begin to feel at home in the wilderness.
Register for Winter Classes
Earth Skills Winter Adventure Program - Wednesdays Weekly for ages 9 - 17.
Wednesdays 2:15 - 5:00. Begins September 18. $350 - $675 sliding scale* (Paid per season, Fall, Winter, Spring). Near Ashland.
We will go mobile for the winter, January - March and visit multiple sites. Practice and learn Earth Skills, wildlife tracking, survival techniques, and explore our bioregion. Enrollment is limited to a small group for a high quality learning experience.
Wednesdays 2:15 - 5:00. Begins September 18. $350 - $675 sliding scale* (Paid per season, Fall, Winter, Spring). Near Ashland.
We will go mobile for the winter, January - March and visit multiple sites. Practice and learn Earth Skills, wildlife tracking, survival techniques, and explore our bioregion. Enrollment is limited to a small group for a high quality learning experience.
Blacksmithing 101
Thursdays. Ages 10 and up. Cost: $275 - $650 sliding scale*
"Learn by doing." Level 1 will focus on safety, running the forge, and foundational techniques. Beginning projects will build on each other and may include hooks, flint and steel striker, grilling tongs so students develop skills step by step. Level 2 students can choose from a wider range of projects such as making a knife, blacksmithing tools (cold chisel, center punch, etc.) that require some experience. Note: Level 1 is required in order to register for Level 2. Due to the nature of the craft, and limited space, participants must attend a half-hour safety training and complete a written safety test, included on the first day. Parents are invited to stay on site and enjoy the mountain or observe class.
Choose a time slot: 12:30 - 2:15. 2:00 - 3:45. or 3:30 - 5:15.
Fall Session filled quickly with limited spaces, so we recommend registering for Winter Session in advance.
Fall Schedule: First class September 26 (Six Classes, 2 weeks on, one week off. 9/26 & 10/3. 10/17 & 10/24. 11/7 & 11/14).
Winter Schedule: February 6 to March 6 (Six Classes in a row). Note: Winter Classes will take place in Talent (to avoid driving in the snow).
Spring Schedule: April 3 - April 24, May 8. (5 Classes)
Thursdays. Ages 10 and up. Cost: $275 - $650 sliding scale*
"Learn by doing." Level 1 will focus on safety, running the forge, and foundational techniques. Beginning projects will build on each other and may include hooks, flint and steel striker, grilling tongs so students develop skills step by step. Level 2 students can choose from a wider range of projects such as making a knife, blacksmithing tools (cold chisel, center punch, etc.) that require some experience. Note: Level 1 is required in order to register for Level 2. Due to the nature of the craft, and limited space, participants must attend a half-hour safety training and complete a written safety test, included on the first day. Parents are invited to stay on site and enjoy the mountain or observe class.
Choose a time slot: 12:30 - 2:15. 2:00 - 3:45. or 3:30 - 5:15.
Fall Session filled quickly with limited spaces, so we recommend registering for Winter Session in advance.
Fall Schedule: First class September 26 (Six Classes, 2 weeks on, one week off. 9/26 & 10/3. 10/17 & 10/24. 11/7 & 11/14).
Winter Schedule: February 6 to March 6 (Six Classes in a row). Note: Winter Classes will take place in Talent (to avoid driving in the snow).
Spring Schedule: April 3 - April 24, May 8. (5 Classes)
*What do we mean by “sliding scale”?
Rather than fixing the price (and pricing out some families, or underpaying ourselves), we have discovered that using a sliding scale system has allowed it to ‘work out’ in the end. By trusting that participants pay based on annual income and need, we have successfully kept our prices affordable yet met our bottom line as well, despite an increasingly challenging economic environment. Please choose your own price within the suggested range. Our intention is that sliding scale prices help make classes accessible to all. If it’s a struggle to pay for a program, then pay the lowest price suggested (also contact us to see if work-trade or other discounts may be available). If you can pay more, then please do. This will help make programs accessible to all, and still keep them running. Thank you!
Rather than fixing the price (and pricing out some families, or underpaying ourselves), we have discovered that using a sliding scale system has allowed it to ‘work out’ in the end. By trusting that participants pay based on annual income and need, we have successfully kept our prices affordable yet met our bottom line as well, despite an increasingly challenging economic environment. Please choose your own price within the suggested range. Our intention is that sliding scale prices help make classes accessible to all. If it’s a struggle to pay for a program, then pay the lowest price suggested (also contact us to see if work-trade or other discounts may be available). If you can pay more, then please do. This will help make programs accessible to all, and still keep them running. Thank you!
Singing Earth Offers
Most of our classes take place near Ashland Oregon.
- Skills Classes
- Youth Nature Connection Groups
- Music Lessons
- One-on-One Mentoring
- Wilderness Trips
- Summer Camps
- Wilderness Rite of Passage
- Storytelling Presentations - contact us for more info. Stories are drawn from the Stone Age Living Project a hunter gatherer experience in modern times, and the Origins Project, visiting and learning from the Nharo Bushmen of Botswana to inspire deeper connection with nature.
Most of our classes take place near Ashland Oregon.
